People Who Swear Are More Intelligent, Says Our New Favourite Study

Staying up all hours of the night, regularly using profanity, and living in a state of disorganised chaos are generally frowned upon in our society. From the widespread assumption that curse words are a sign of a lack of intelligence to the cultural dissemination of phrases such as "the early bird gets the worm" and "less is more," people possessing any one (or all three) of these "negative" traits have likely been encouraged to change their ways at some point or another.

But a simple change in perspective and a little scientific evidence can shed a new light on these stereotypically "bad" habits. Business Insider's John Stanley Hunter recently sought out to do just that, examining these three traits as they relate to intelligence. According to Hunter's research, as informed by three psychology studies, using curse words, staying up late, and preferring messiness to organisation can all be scientifically interpreted as signs of intelligence.